The Cambridge City Preliminary Screening Committee voted 5–0 on a motion to enter executive session to review applicants for the position of city clerk and said it would adjourn from that session without returning to open session.

The committee announced the meeting was called to order with a quorum present and that members would go into executive session because discussing the applicants in open session could have a detrimental effect on obtaining qualified candidates. The committee also said there would be no public comment during the meeting and provided the City Clerk's Office email for written submissions: cityclerk@cambridgema.gov.

Five members were present for the roll call: Megan Mayer (present), Matt Nelson (present), Melissa Peters (present), Councilor Sabrina Wheeler (present) and Mayor Simmons (present). Two members were recorded absent: Rachel Catchings and Vice Mayor McGovern. The motion to move into executive session was made by Councilor Sabrina Wheeler and carried on the roll-call vote.

Committee staff cited Chapter 2 of the Act of 2025, enacted by the Massachusetts General Court and approved by the governor, as authorizing the city to use remote participation for meetings. The committee said the vote to enter executive session followed that authority and that the executive session would begin shortly on a separate meeting link. Officials said the committee would not return to open session after the executive session.

The public was told that members may submit written communications to the City Clerk's Office at the email address provided. No public comments were taken during the recorded portion of the meeting.

Because the committee moved directly into executive session and did not return to open session, no further public proceedings or votes were recorded in the meeting transcript provided.